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Although President Barack Obama has ordered airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon is saying that âfurther strikes are needed in both Iraq and Syria to stop the militants from regrouping.â Then, from the Red Square…continue reading on thedickinsonpress.com

A caveman lives in a cave, carries a wooden club with a stone head, dresses in animal skins, pats his pet dinosaur and then drags women around by their hair. This stereotype originated in the comics. There is Alley Oop, who carried a mean-looking war…continue reading on thedickinsonpress.com

On Jan. 16, 1919, Nebraskaâs Legislature voted to ratify the 18th Amendment that prohibited âthe manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.â Because Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the amendment, the temperance movement…continue reading on thedickinsonpress.com

On Friday the 13th, Prince Harry arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. The 29-year-old British army helicopter pilot joined his six UK teammates as they gathered around the mirror-like chrome sphere set atop the red and white striped pole…continue reading on thedickinsonpress.com

On Friday the 13th, Prince Harry arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. The 29-year-old British army helicopter pilot joined his six UK teammates as they gathered around the mirror-like chrome sphere set atop the red and white striped pole…continue reading on thedickinsonpress.com

“September 30, 1659. I, poor, miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, during a dreadful storm in the offing, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, which I called ‘the Island of Despair,’ all the rest of the ship’s company being drowned, and myself almost dead.” Continue Reading

Mars One announced startling news last week that it would receive applications from those willing to travel to Mars to establish a permanent colony on the Red Planet. A Dutch entrepreneur named Bas Landsdorp heads Mars One, and he hopes to send four astronauts to Mars by 2023, and then another four every two years thereafter. Landsdorp and his associates say, “This is not a hoax.” Continue Reading